African American and Latino Students’ School Options are limited in San Francisco

Right now, in San Francisco, the majority of African American and Latino students have few quality public school options – period. This is true whether they attend a school in the Mission, Bayview, or Tenderloin neighborhoods, or if they attend a school in a more affluent area across town.

GreatSchools Rating By Racial Subgroup
in San Francisco 2015-16

African American Students

African American students’ have the most limited options in the city. No schools achieve a 8, 9 or a 10 rating for this subgroup other than Lowell, which requires students to test in. In fact, many schools with high scores for other student subgroups do poorly in serving African Americans. Seven out of every 10 schools in San Francisco have a “poor” rating for African American students.

Latino Students

About half of all schools in San Francisco have a “poor” rating for Latino students. Very few schools that achieve great results for their White and Asian students maintain those results for their Latino students, but there are some schools in San Francisco that show that far better is possible. Lafayette Elementary, just a few blocks away from the heart of Golden Gate Park, achieves the highest rating for all students overall and maintains a rating of a 9 for both Latino and low-income students. Another school with exceptionally strong results for their Latino students is Mission Preparatory, a charter school in the Excelsior neighborhood.

Title

Address

Yu (Alice Fong) Elementary School

1541 12th Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Yick Wo Elementary School

2245 Jones Street, San Francisco, CA

West Portal Elementary School

5 Lenox Way, San Francisco, CA

Wells (Ida B.) High School

1099 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA

Washington (George) High School

600 32nd Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High School

40 Vega Street, San Francisco, CA

Visitacion Valley Middle School

450 Raymond Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Visitacion Valley Elementary School

55 Schwerin Street, San Francisco, CA

Ulloa Elementary School

2650 42nd Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Tenderloin Community

627 Turk Street, San Francisco, CA

Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary School

423 Burrows Street, San Francisco, CA

Sutro Elementary School

235 12th Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Sunset Elementary School

1920 41st Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Sunnyside Elementary School

250 Foerster Street, San Francisco, CA

Stevenson (Robert Louis) Elementary School

2051 34th Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Spring Valley Elementary School

1451 Jackson Street, San Francisco, CA

Sloat (Commodore) Elementary School

50 Darien Way, San Francisco, CA

Sherman Elementary School

1651 Union Street, San Francisco, CA

Sheridan Elementary School

431 Capitol Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Serra (Junipero) Elementary School

625 Holly Park Circle, San Francisco, CA

Sanchez Elementary School

325 Sanchez Street, San Francisco, CA

San Francisco Public Montessori School

2340 Jackson Street, San Francisco, CA

San Francisco Flex Academy (Charter)

1350 7th Ave, San Francisco, CA

San Francisco Community Alternative School

125 Excelsior Avenue, San Francisco, CA

S.F. International High School

1050 York Street, San Francisco, CA

Roosevelt Middle School

460 Arguello Boulevard, San Francisco, CA

Rooftop Elementary School

443 Burnett Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Revere (Paul) Elementary School

555 Tompkins Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Redding Elementary School

1421 Pine Street, San Francisco, CA

Presidio Middle School

450 30th Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Peabody (George) Elementary School

251 Sixth Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Parks (Rosa) Elementary School

1501 O'farrell Street, San Francisco, CA

Parker (Jean) Elementary School

840 Broadway Street, San Francisco, CA

Ortega (Jose) Elementary School

400 Sargent Street, San Francisco, CA

O'connell (John) High School

2355 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA

New Traditions Elementary School

2049 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA

Muir (John) Elementary School

380 Webster Street, San Francisco, CA

Moscone (George R.) Elementary School

2576 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA

Monroe Elementary School

260 Madrid Street, San Francisco, CA

Mission Preparatory School (Charter)

75 Francis Street, San Francisco, CA

Mission High School

3750 18th Street, San Francisco, CA

Mission Education Center

1670 Noe Street, San Francisco, CA

Miraloma Elementary School

175 Omar Way, San Francisco, CA

Milk (Harvey) Civil Rights Elementary School

4235 19th Street, San Francisco, CA

McKinley Elementary School

1025 14th Street, San Francisco, CA

Mccoppin (Frank) Elementary School

651 Sixth Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Marshall Elementary School

1575 15th Street, San Francisco, CA

Marshall (Thurgood) High School

45 Conkling Street, San Francisco, CA

Marina Middle School

3500 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA

Malcolm X Academy

350 Harbor Road, San Francisco, CA

Lowell High School

1101 Eucalyptus Drive, San Francisco, CA

Longfellow Elementary School

755 Morse Street, San Francisco, CA

Lincoln (Abraham) High School

2162 24th Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Lilienthal (Claire) Elementary School

3630 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA

Lick (James) Middle School

1220 Noe Street, San Francisco, CA

Leadership High School (Charter)

350 Seneca Ave., San Francisco, CA

Lawton Alternative Elementary School

1570 31st Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Lau (Gordon J.) Elementary School

950 Clay Street, San Francisco, CA

Lakeshore Alternative Elementary School

220 Middlefield Drive, San Francisco, CA

Lafayette Elementary School

4545 Anza Street, San Francisco, CA

KIPP San Francisco College Preparatory (Charter)

1195 Hudson Avenue, San Francisco, CA

KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy (Charter)

1430 Scott Street, San Francisco, CA

KIPP Bayview Academy (Charter)

1060 Key Avenue, San Francisco, CA

King Jr. (Martin Luther) Academic Middle School

350 Girard Street, San Francisco, CA

King (Starr) Elementary School

1215 Carolina Street, San Francisco, CA

Key (Francis Scott) Elementary School

1530 43rd Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Jordan (June) School For Equity

325 La Grande Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Jefferson Elementary School

1725 Irving Street, San Francisco, CA

International Studies Academy

655 De Haro Street, San Francisco, CA

Independence High School

1350 7th Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Hoover (Herbert) Middle School

2290 14th Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Hillcrest Elementary School

810 Silver Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Harte (Bret) Elementary School

1035 Gilman Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Guadalupe Elementary School

859 Prague Street, San Francisco, CA

Grattan Elementary School

165 Grattan Street, San Francisco, CA

Glen Park Elementary School

151 Lippard Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Giannini (A.P.) Middle School

3151 Ortega Street, San Francisco, CA

Gateway Middle School (Charter)

1512 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Gateway High School (Charter)

1430 Scott Street, San Francisco, CA

Garfield Elementary School

420 Filbert Street, San Francisco, CA

Galileo High School

1150 Francisco Street, San Francisco, CA

Francisco Middle School

2190 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA

Flynn (Leonard R.) Elementary School

3125 Cesar Chavez Street, San Francisco, CA

Feinstein (Dianne) Elementary School

2550 25th Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Fairmount Elementary School

65 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA

Everett Middle School

450 Church Street, San Francisco, CA

El Dorado Elementary School

70 Delta Street, San Francisco, CA

Edison Charter Academy (Charter)

3531 22nd Street, San Francisco, CA

Drew (Charles) College Preparatory Academy

50 Pomona Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Downtown High School

693 Vermont Street, San Francisco, CA

Denman (James) Middle School

241 Oneida Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Daniel Webster Elementary School

465 Missouri Street, San Francisco, CA

Creative Arts Charter School (Charter)

1601 Turk Street, San Francisco, CA

Cobb (William L.) Elementary School

2725 California Street, San Francisco, CA

Cleveland Elementary School

455 Athens Street, San Francisco, CA

Clarendon Alternative Elementary School

500 Clarendon Avenue, San Francisco, CA

City Arts And Tech High School (Charter)

325 La Grande Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Chinese Immersion School At Deavila

1250 Waller Street, San Francisco, CA

Chinese Education Center

657 Merchant Street, San Francisco, CA

Chin (John Yehall) Elementary School

350 Broadway Street, San Francisco, CA

Chavez (Cesar) Elementary School

825 Shotwell Street, San Francisco, CA

Carver (George Washington) Elementary School

1360 Oakdale Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Carmichael (Bessie)/Fec

375 Seventh Street, San Francisco, CA

Burton (Phillip And Sala) Academic High School

400 Mansell Street, San Francisco, CA

Buena Vista/ Horace Mann K-8

3351 23rd Street, San Francisco, CA

Bryant Elementary School

1050 York Street, San Francisco, CA

Brown Jr. (Willie L) Middle

2055 San Francisco Bicycle Route 70, San Francisco, CA

Balboa High School

1000 Cayuga Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Asawa (Ruth) San Francisco School Of The Arts, A Public School.

555 Portola Drive, San Francisco, CA

Argonne Elementary School

680 18th Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Aptos Middle School

105 Aptos Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Alvarado Elementary School

625 Douglas Street, San Francisco, CA

Alamo Elementary School

250 23rd Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Academy Of Arts And Sciences

555 Portola Drive, San Francisco, CA

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White Students

Only one school in the entire city has a “poor” rating for white students. In fact, four out of five schools in San Francisco achieve a “good” rating for White students. That means that wherever White students attend school in San Francisco, they are likely to receive an education that enables them to academically achieve at high levels. This is not the case for African American and Latino students.